Theresa May says she will confront Donald Trump over Israel

Prime Minister Theresa May tells MPs that she will
speak to Donald Trump about Israel.

May asked about her position on Trump's planned
recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.

Labour MP Ben Bradshaw says the decision will do "grave
damage" to Middle East peace.

LONDON — Theresa May has said she will challenge Donald Trump
over his expected decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital
of Israel.

The prime minister told MPs at Prime Minister's Questions on
Wednesday that she was "intending to speak to President Trump
about this matter but our position has not changed."

May was responding to a question by Labour MP Ben Bradshaw, who
said that the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel
would do "grave damage" to the peace process in the Middle East.

On Wednesday
it was reported that Trump wants to recognise Jerusalem as
Israel's capital and move the US embassy to the contested city.

He said: "The recognition by Donald Trump of Jerusalem as the
capital of Israel will do grave damage to the prospects of a just
and lasting peace settlement."

The prime minister replied: "Our position is that the status of
Jerusalem should be determined in a negotiated settlement between
the Israelis and Palestinians, and Jerusalem should ultimately
form a shared capital between the Israeli and Palestinian
states."

Watch May say she will speak to Trump about
Israel

"We continue to support a two state solution" says Prime Minister Theresa May in contradiction to Donald Trump's expected recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel pic.twitter.com/cNQ9AO751L

Another Labour MP, Alan Whitehead, said: "When the PM rings
Donald Trump up to express our concern about his moves concerning
Jerusalem and the US embassy will she also be informing President
Trump that we will be proceeding to recognise the state of
Palestine?"

In response, May said: "We want to see a negotiated settlement
between the Israelis and the Palestinians, we believe that should
be based on a two-state solution ... that should be a matter for
negotiation between the parties."

This is the latest matter May has clashed with Trump over,
following the prime minister saying it was "wrong" for Trump to
retweet Islamaphobic videos from a British far-right group.

A spokesperson for Jeremy Corbyn said on Wednesday that Trump's
decision to recognise Jeresualem as the capital of Israel was a
"dangerous and reckless move that will threaten to inflame
the situation in the Middle East and make the two state situation
much more difficult."